New approaches for the discovery of obesity causing genes

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1118775

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Obesity is a major health problem and treatments are ineffective. My team’s focus is to identify new candidate genes that control appetite and body fat mass and how this leads to the development of obesity or the other extreme, anorexia. We will use whole genome sequence analysis in humans and functionally validate the newly identified genes in model organisms like mice and flies. Results from this study will eventually form the basis for personalized and general health care in the future.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2021

Funding Scheme: Research Fellowships

Funding Amount: $863,910.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neurosciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

appetite regulation | energy balance | energy expenditure | neuropeptide Y (NPY) | obesity

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